Skip to content

Instantly share code, notes, and snippets.

@domenic
Created October 9, 2013 21:36
Show Gist options
  • Save domenic/6908878 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
Save domenic/6908878 to your computer and use it in GitHub Desktop.
History of JS
1995: form validation, image rollovers
1997: ECMA-262 edition 1, Internet Explorer 4, DHTML
1999: ES3 (function expressions, try/catch/finally, regexps, …)
2004: WHATWG formed, focusing on web apps
2005: Ajax
2006: jQuery
2008: V8 (the speed race begins), JS: The Good Parts
2009: ES5, Node.js, PhoneGap, JSConf, ServerJS/CommonJS
2010: Backbone.js, RequireJS
2012: Windows 8, Nodecopter
2013: Nodebots, Ember, Angular, Extensible Web, asm.js, …
2014: ES6, ES7?, parallel JS, …???
@mathiasbynens
Copy link

2010: jsPerf

Sign up for free to join this conversation on GitHub. Already have an account? Sign in to comment